setup backend project structure

backend/src/index.ts

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+import express from "express";
+import dotenv from "dotenv";
+import * as routes from "./routes"
+
+dotenv.config();
+
+const port = process.env.SERVER_PORT || 8080;
+const app = express();
+
+// Configure routes
+routes.register(app);
+
+
+// start the Express server
+app.listen(port, () => {
+    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-console
+    console.log( `server started at http://localhost:${port}` );
+} );